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Al-Qaeda fighters seize army base as Yemen drifts toward war
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters seized a large Yemeni army base during a dawn attack Thursday, prompting airstrikes from government forces just hours later. The raid comes as the United Nations warned that the country was on the brink of civil war. Ansar al-Sharia, an umbrella group affiliated with the Al-Qaeda network, captured the compound in the southern province of Shabwa after several hours of heavy clashes, residents and local news sites said.
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